Morning Joe 5/13/21

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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3.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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House Republicans voted Wednesday to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3 position in caucus leadership after she vocally rebuked Donald Trump.

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0:00.0	I never thought I'd be pro-Cheney in any way, but it has happened.
0:05.8	She was removed basically for telling the truth.
0:08.1	She gave an impassioned speech on the floor of the house last night, which was empty because all her colleagues left.
0:13.8	She said Republicans must speak the truth.
0:16.3	The election was not stolen, so she had to go.
0:19.7	You know, you can't have Republicans going around saying Biden won the election.
0:23.4	People might get the right idea.
0:25.8	House Republicans voted to kick Liz Cheney out of her leadership role.
0:31.0	Yeah, Republicans haven't turned on someone this fast since they tried to murder Mike Pence.
0:39.2	You could tell Dick Cheney was upset
0:40.8	when he offered to take House Minority Leader
0:42.6	Kevin McCarthy on a hunting trip to talk it over.
0:48.3	After the vote, Liz Cheney said
0:49.8	that she doesn't want Trump to get near the Oval Office
0:52.0	ever again. Yeah.
0:54.0	It's not that hard, actually. All I have to do is hang a sign outside that says,
0:56.7	just salad.
1:00.4	Good morning and welcome to Morning, Joe. It is Thursday, May 13th. It'd be funny, but it's all true.
1:06.3	Along with Willie and me, we have co-founder of Punch Bowl News, Jake Sherman. He's an MSNBC political contributor.
1:14.3	White House reporter for the Associated Press, Jonathan Lemire, and founder of the conservative
1:19.0	website The Bullwork, and author of How the Right Lost Its Mind, which is a question we need to answer today.
1:25.5	Charlie Sykes, Joe will we'll be back tomorrow.
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